Raymond van Barneveld must “get back on the bike” after his Premier League Darts elimination, says Wayne Mardle.

The Dutch legend lost consecutive matches in Rotterdam last week, to Daryl Gurney and Michael van Gerwen, bringing a premature end to his final season in the tournament.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

Tungsten prices in China are unchanged from last week as market mentality is different for the industry chain affected by the reform of VAT this month. The offer levels in the market is not stable and thus terminal buyers slow down their pace of purchasing and actual transaction prices also show signs of decline.

Rare earth market quotation in China: prices of lanthanum oxide, cerium oxide and praseodymium neodymium oxide edged lower in the week began on Monday April 1, 2019 owing to continued deadlocked supply and demand and weak confidence of sellers. But for heavy rare earth products, their prices maintain stability as sellers are reluctant to sell on expectations of tight supply. 

Molybdenum market quotation in China: prices of molybdenum concentrate and molybdenum oxide declined slightly while molybdenum powder price remained unchanged in the week ended at Thursday April 4. 

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

Early in April, Chinese tungsten market is caught in heavy wait-and-see atmosphere as the offer levels of tungsten prices are not settled down completely at the beginning of VAT reform. 

Rare earth market quotation in China: lanthanum oxide price remains stable while prices of praseodymium neodymium oxide and praseodymium neodymium metal edge lower from the previous trading day. On Monday, the listed prices of in Southern Rare Earth have been mixed. The continued decline in terbium oxide products indicates that the market is expected to enter the rangebound pattern. The praseodymium and neodymium product prices are in the downward trend due to weak demand and imbalanced supply and demand. 

China molybdenum prices are unchanged from the last trading day in the week to Wednesday April 3. With the support of high costs of molybdenum ores, molybdenum concentrate sellers have strong rised mentality and prices are at a relatively high level. 

W Resources says it has found new higher-grade zones at its Régua tungsten project in Northern Portugal.

So far, 2.73km of drilling has been completed at the project comprising 916m of diamond core drilling and 1,809m of reverse circulation drilling. Highlights included 29m at 0.75% WO3 and 6m at 0.43% WO3.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

In the first trading day of April, tungsten prices in China maintain stability compared with last month. The new policy of added-value tax (VAT) was officially implemented in April, which would affect the cost calculation of mainstream tungsten products.  

Rare earth market quotation in China: the latest prices of neodymium oxide, praseodymium neodymium oxide and praseodymium neodymium metal decline slightly in early April. Under the continued tightening availability of raw materials, dysprosium and terbium product prices maintain stability while praseodymium and neodymium product prices are still in the downward trend due to weak demand.